Moving to Colorado on July 2nd, but I'm still not all that big on John Denver

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6. I loved Colorado Springs when I was a kid in the 1960s

My dad was in the Air Force and stationed there for several years. I do recall the first day there; we woke up on a July morning and saw fresh snow on the top of Pike's Peak. But I like snow and seasons and the cold wasn't that bad, not nearly as bad as Wisconsin, where we lived before my dad's transfer. Colorado Springs then was a beautiful sleepy little town of about 60,000. Now, I understand that its grown about five times the size and some of the old buildings have been torn down. As far as the people, I found them friendly and laid back, not nearly as insular and set in their ways as in the south, where my dad's family came from. I recall several of my junior high teachers speaking out in support of civil rights and Martin Luther King. A lot of my friends seemed to be JFK supporters, and they had older brothers and sisters going to the University of Colorado in Boulder and had liberal viewpoints and listened to folk music like Bob Dylan. Maybe I was too young in junior high back then to comprehend all the nuances of political thought of the people around me but I didn't find too many extremist dogmatic types, but maybe the world has changed. I'd like to go back there one day to see the old Victorian house we lived in on the beautiful tree-lined Nevada Avenue, the city's main drag.

Hope you enjoy Colorado. I know at least you will love the scenery and natural beauty and if you like to ski, it'll be great for you.